FlyteComm shows an AI 738 arriving from SEA at just after midnight today (Thursday). I assume this was a delivery flight? Does anyone know how long it stayed here, and when it left, and where to?
F/C also shows a PIA flight arriving shortly after midnight tonight from Sibley, IA (ISB). I expect they mean Islamabad, though the departure and arrival times, together with the flying time shown - 1:47, seem appropriate for a flight from Iowa.

Quoting CPDC10-30 (Reply 5):Just speculation, but because YYZ is an AI station, it may give them the opportunity to change crews.

JFK and EWR are also AI stations....so is ORD....would YYZ provide some advantage in terms of the distance to the next hop, which would be somewhere in Europe? Or is the 738 capable of comfortably flying to Europe when empty....?

How the hell do Boeing (or anyone for that matter) manage to paint the tail with something like the Taj Mahal scheme on that 738 there? I mean, can anyone describe the technology / equipment used to paint aircraft tails / bodies, with such complicated designs....?

That VT-AXB has a pic of a lady in traditional attire. Would Saudis and other orthodox muslim countries create a fuss when they see that aircraft parked at their terminals. I believe AIX is predominantly serving the Mid-east sector.

Quoting AirbusfanYYZ (Reply 10):Yes it is VT-AXG.
Supposed to have departed YYZ Thursday May 25 sometime in the afternoon. Not sure if she's still here at the time of this post - 17:00 EDT.

Aaarrgh! No it isn't. I was fat dumb and happy, sitting in my car at FedEx when it took off on 23. I was so absorbed in a scary article in the July issue of "Airways" called 'Peak Oil - and the Collapse of Commercial Aviation?' that I didn't notice it taxiing out for take off. I heard a plane taking off and looked up in time to see it go past. I didn't even have time to jump out of my car and get a photo. The time was 16:50 EDT. It was heading for BHX and had been parked at BAX Global.
Just to make things worse, Thomas Kim, who most local A.netters will know, showed up a little later and told me that the unpainted AC 762 was due in from YVR between 7 and 8 o'clock and would be going into the paint shop. I waited until 8:30, when the sun was setting, and it still hadn't showed up.

Quoting Airbusboeing (Reply 11):That VT-AXB has a pic of a lady in traditional attire. Would Saudis and other orthodox muslim countries create a fuss when they see that aircraft parked at their terminals. I believe AIX is predominantly serving the Mid-east sector.

Did VS have a similar issue with the "British Virgin" painted on the front of their craft?

Quoting Gr8Circle (Reply 8):How the hell do Boeing (or anyone for that matter) manage to paint the tail with something like the Taj Mahal scheme on that 738 there? I mean, can anyone describe the technology / equipment used to paint aircraft tails / bodies, with such complicated designs

Thanks guys.....do these vinyl transfers and decals last as long as regular paint jobs? Of course, they must be costing more.....strange that a low cost carrier like AI Express should choose to 'paint' their aircraft more expensively....but, the traditional Indian designs do make you feel good.....

Quoting Airbusboeing (Reply 11):Would Saudis and other orthodox muslim countries create a fuss when they see that aircraft parked at their terminals.

Slightly off topic-But when a buyer picks up a new plane do they get a free tank of gas?! like you do with certainl car purchases-or does the manfufacturer deliver it with just enough gas to get to the next station?

Quoting Gr8Circle (Reply 17):Thanks guys.....do these vinyl transfers and decals last as long as regular paint jobs? Of course, they must be costing more.....strange that a low cost carrier like AI Express should choose to 'paint' their aircraft more expensively....but, the traditional Indian designs do make you feel good.....

Quoting CHI787ORD (Reply 14):Quoting Airbusboeing (Reply 11):
That VT-AXB has a pic of a lady in traditional attire. Would Saudis and other orthodox muslim countries create a fuss when they see that aircraft parked at their terminals. I believe AIX is predominantly serving the Mid-east sector.

Did VS have a similar issue with the "British Virgin" painted on the front of their craft?

Thats typical - they have belly dancers there dont they ?? methinks thats where belly dancing started in that general area ....

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I don't understand why Air India express as such a magnificent splashy livery but Air India's is so dull and outdated? I would have assumed that with the order for 777/787's - it would have been an opportune time to introduce a new livery on those aircraft. Why does Air India not get a new livery?

The mughal styled window treatment and cheatline are part of the unique and exquisite detail found on the livery. It would be such a shame to lose that.
The only thing I would change however would be to put the centaur on the tail.

Fair points, I'll admit I do like the livery itself on the body of the aircraft but I do not like the tail design one bit. I don't think it looks awful, I just think it's plain. My question was more focused on 'why the inconsistency' between the two liveries of the two brands. For example, with AC and AC Jazz, you can easily tell that they are under the same banner. But AI Express just looks like a whole completely different airline.

Quoting Airbusboeing (Reply 11):Would Saudis and other orthodox muslim countries create a fuss when they see that aircraft parked at their terminals. I believe AIX is predominantly serving the Mid-east sector.

= I am sure the ME governments wouldn't want to piss off the Indian airline industry ... the country provides the best connecting traffic.

Quoting DFORCE1 (Reply 29):I don't understand why Air India express as such a magnificent splashy livery but Air India's is so dull and outdated? I would have assumed that with the order for 777/787's - it would have been an opportune time to introduce a new livery on those aircraft. Why does Air India not get a new livery?